I have been interested in family history/genealogy for about 30 years. In my travels through many cemeteries in search of family member graves it has become a growing awareness that everyone has a story from cradle to grave and too many are left untold, lost to time, forgotten. My family research includes many people who are not related by DNA but related to those related by DNA no matter how slim that helix may be. I have found Find a Grave to be an invaluable genealogy resource and work hard to research and verify before asking for edits to make connections. I am happy and willing to turn over memorial management to anyone more closely related than I because that is the right thing to do. Memorial numbers are not what is important - integrity both personal and informational are what is. Let's work together to keep their memories alive.

I have been interested in family history/genealogy for about 30 years. In my travels through many cemeteries in search of family member graves it has become a growing awareness that everyone has a story from cradle to grave and too many are left untold, lost to time, forgotten. My family research includes many people who are not related by DNA but related to those related by DNA no matter how slim that helix may be. I have found Find a Grave to be an invaluable genealogy resource and work hard to research and verify before asking for edits to make connections. I am happy and willing to turn over memorial management to anyone more closely related than I because that is the right thing to do. Memorial numbers are not what is important - integrity both personal and informational are what is. Let's work together to keep their memories alive.